Bad Kitty

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Would this be the same reckoning that some have been predicting for the boat market for about the past 10 years? When can I expect new boat prices to go down and by how much?

When I say reckoning I am certainly not saying prices will drop but sales certainly will and have already. That market burst after that huge increase during the covid years. Now people are dumping used units like crazy. Some models are still selling like hotcakes though, but others are certainly struggling. You never really see a ton of hondas or yamahas sitting there because they are smart with their manufacturing.

Looks like Arctic Cat is shutting it down for good now

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I just saw that on the Gram.
Does this mean I’ll be able to a smokin hot deal on a couple SxS’s?

The news while seemingly bleak I dont think it means the end either. There are a lot of options that could come of this and the most likely would be a competitor buying them from Textron. CFMoto is one of the many names that have been floated to have US based manufacturing.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I just saw that on the Gram.
Does this mean I’ll be able to a smokin hot deal on a couple SxS’s?

If you can still locate a ’24 model the big discounts are going on now. I just upgraded mine in Oct and saved myself around 4K.

CaptainMusky wrote:

The news while seemingly bleak I dont think it means the end either. There are a lot of options that could come of this and the most likely would be a competitor buying them from Textron. CFMoto is one of the many names that have been floated to have US based manufacturing.

this is my thought as well. theres a lot of intangible value in the brand name, their designs and manufacturing network, etc. I’d be pretty surprised if it doesn’t get acquired by someone.

Growing up in Racine/Kenosha, I watched Chrysler, Massey, Young, Modine, Case, Johnson, and many more restructure, close down, and relocate. The economic impact it has on a community is unreal when those “good” paying jobs are gone. SE WI was a power house in manufacturing and thousands of good paying jobs fed the community, region, and state. Now, its primary job source is entry level Amazon distribution center and delivery….well there’s more, but nothing like the living that was earned prior.
Then add the political fall-out of Foxconn when the democrats booted Walker out of office and began the rants of how bad Foxconn deal was and how we needed to get out of it. Foxconn changed plans immediately and made it a cat 6 factory in lieu of the 10.5 super high end screen production plant. Wasn’t a huge Walker fan, but thank the Lord all the tax incentives was benchmarked. Evers screwed the pooch on that deal. Nealy everyone from the original deal is gone from office and it will now go nowhere.

These impacts affect the community as a whole, not just the employee/family